About Me

Performance poet
Makes a living solely by shouting
Sells nothing
No books, CD's, merchandise of any kind
No teaching no broadcasting
Nowt
Punk rock ideology: no sell out
No obeisance to any convention
fast, slow
dumb, smart
light, dark
hi-energy
ever more physical/ theatrical
max variety
60 shows a year in Canada on the summer fringe tour
Born 62
Comprehensive peasant
Posh university, Bristol
Did nothing in 20s except think & be v poor [a lot]
Started performing 93
Began big word, weekly poetry cabaret
Rather very good, now forgotten
Islington
Then did Edinburgh, 96-04
Three-act show
First successful edfringe poetry cabaret in decades
Made money saying Pay As You Like At The End
Moved Edin ‘01
Began cabarets & slams
Decent shows, v successful, much impact, great fun
Tried Toronto Fringe in 01
First toured Canadian fringes in 03
Hour shows
Most fun & success ever
First ever performance poet on tour
Toured there ever since
30+ 5 star reviews
150+ 4 star
Went nomadic in 06
No home for 43 months & and counting
Write shows over winter, perform over summer
Bags of laughs
Bloody marvelous
How did it all work out so well?